Table 3.
Risks factors associated with P. falciparum parasitaemia and malaria among pregnant women at first antenatal clinic visit in the study area
| Factor | Category | P. falciparum parasitaemia | Malaria | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aOR (95 % CI) | *P-value | aOR (95 % CI) | *P-value | ||
| Age group (years) | ≤20 | 1.5 (0.5 – 4.5) | 0.50 | 1.0 (0.2 – 4.0) | 0.957 |
| 21–25 | 0.7 (0.3 – 2.1) | 0.575 | 0.5 (0.1 – 2.0) | 0.332 | |
| >25 | R | R | |||
| Gravidity status | Primigravid | 1.2 (0.4 – 4.0) | 0.719 | 2.8 (0.7 – 11.3) | 0.158 |
| Secundigravid | 1.0 (0.4 – 2.7) | 0.978 | 0.7 (0.2 – 2.5) | 0.595 | |
| Multigravid | R | R | |||
| Marital status | Single | 2.6 (1.1 -6.0) | 0.032 | 1.9 (0.6 – 5.9) | 0.254 |
| Married | R | R | |||
| Trimester at first visit | First | 1.8 (0.4 – 8.8) | 0.479 | 2.4 (0.4 – 14.6) | 0.331 |
| Second | 0.9 (0.4 – 1.9) | 0.717 | 0.7 (0.3 – 2.0) | 0.542 | |
| Third | R | R | |||
| Knowledge on MiP | Yes | 0.6 (0.3 – 1.4) | 0.244 | 0.3 (0.1 – 0.9) | 0.037 |
| No | R | ||||
| House surrounding | Vegetation/standing water | 3.3 (1.6 – 7.0) | 0.002 | 5.2 (2.0 – 14.0) | 0.001 |
| Absence | R | R | |||
| IPTp-SP uptake | Yes | 2.0 (0.7 – 5.7) | 0.222 | 4.6 (1.3 – 16.4) | 0.019 |
| No | R | R | |||
| ITN usage | Yes | 1.1 (0.5 – 2.2) | 0.862 | 1.2 (0.4 – 3.0) | 0.785 |
| χ2; P-value | R | ||||
R = Redundant
*Significance level obtained by multinomial logistic regression analysis
aOdd ratio adjusted for all possible confounders